Star Trek Warp Drive not Impossible
SPACE.com clara Moskowitz
staff Writer
space.com – Wed May 6, 10:04 am ET
The warp drive, one of Star Trek's hallmark inventions, could someday become science instead of science fiction.
Some physicists say the faster-than-light travel technology may one day enable humans to jet between stars for weekend getaways. Clearly it won't be an easy task. The science is complex, but not strictly impossible, according to some researchers studying how to make it happen.
The trick seems to be to find some other means of propulsion besides rockets, which would never be able to accelerate a ship to velocities faster than that of light, the fundamental speed limit set by Einstein's General Relativity.
Luckily for us, this speed limit only applies within space-time (the continuum of three dimensions of space plus one of time that we live in). While any given object can't travel faster than light speed within space-time, theory holds, perhaps space-time itself could travel.
"The idea is that you take a chunk of space-time and move it," said Marc Millis, former head of NASA's Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Project. "The vehicle inside that bubble thinks that it's not moving at all. It's the space-time that's moving."
[/list:u] And they dared to say I was mad!!! :mwahaha:
Hungry suspect caught at Taco Bell[/list:u]FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Officials say a suspected drug dealer who led police on a 90 mph chase in Indiana was arrested after he stopped suddenly at a Taco Bell parking lot.
Fort Wayne police Sgt. Mark Walters says 36-year-old Jermaine Askia Cooper told officers he "knew he was going to jail for a while" and wanted to get one last burrito.
Yo Jermaine, when your cell mate asks if you want it "super sized" its not going to be what you're thinking. [/list:u]
Dog rides horse
Freddie the seven-year-old dog has taught fellow Jack Russell Percy, who is one, to ride on the back of a horse around fields on the back of Shetland Pony Daisy.
Japan, San Marino top life expectancy league
Thu May 21, 7:22 am ET
GENEVA – The World Health Organization says women in Japan have the highest life expectancy in the world with 86 years.
WHO says men in San Marino have the longest life expectancy for their sex with 81 years.
The Geneva-based body says men from Sierra Leone are expected to live only 39 years. Women in Afghanistan will live to an average age of 42 years.
WHO says the figures are based on statistics gathered from 2007, the latest year available.
The global health agency says countries including Angola, Eritrea and Liberia have made remarkable progress while others including Botswana, Kenya and Lesotho have seen a drop in life expectancy since 1990.
The figures were among more than 100 health trends published Thursday by the World Health Organization.
xploring wrote:Dog rides horse
Freddie the seven-year-old dog has taught fellow Jack Russell Percy, who is one, to ride on the back of a horse around fields on the back of Shetland Pony Daisy.
A Japanese police officer has been arrested for snatching the purse of a 75-year-old woman after he was chased and caught by two high school students, police officials said Friday.
A DVD-sniffing anti-piracy dog named Paddy has uncovered a huge cache of 35,000 discs in Malaysian warehouses, many destined for export to Singapore, industry officials says.
xploring wrote:A DVD-sniffing anti-piracy dog named Paddy has uncovered a huge cache of 35,000 discs in Malaysian warehouses, many destined for export to Singapore, industry officials says.
Minnesota Mom Ordered to Pay $1.92M for Illegal Downloads
By Julie Jacobson
EFF claims the anti-piracy suit, one of the last vestiges of RIAA's lawsuit frenzy, may be unconstitutional because of the excessive damages.
A Brainerd, Minn., woman has to pay recording companies $80,000 per song for 24 titles that she downloaded from file-sharing sites like Kazaa.
Jammie Thomas-Rasset, 32, will owe a total of $1.92 million in damages.
Good luck with that.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press quotes the mother of four: "There's no way they're ever going to get that. c I'm a mom, limited means, so I'm not going to worry about it now."
Full story here: http://www.cepro.com/article/minnesota_mom_ordered_to_pay_192_million_for_illegal_downloads/
bmwracer wrote:
Wonder if that was Wynter's disc collection... Or maybe Cori's. :hehe:
:shamefulcry:
bmwracer wrote:Minnesota Mom Ordered to Pay $1.92M for Illegal Downloads
By Julie Jacobson
EFF claims the anti-piracy suit, one of the last vestiges of RIAA's lawsuit frenzy, may be unconstitutional because of the excessive damages.
A Brainerd, Minn., woman has to pay recording companies $80,000 per song for 24 titles that she downloaded from file-sharing sites like Kazaa.
Jammie Thomas-Rasset, 32, will owe a total of $1.92 million in damages.
Good luck with that.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press quotes the mother of four: "There's no way they're ever going to get that. c I'm a mom, limited means, so I'm not going to worry about it now."
Full story here: http://www.cepro.com/article/minnesota_mom_ordered_to_pay_192_million_for_illegal_downloads/
Dang. It's a good thing I BUY my music from iTunes... :sweat:
bmwracer wrote:^ Makes you wonder about all the BitTorrent stuff, huh? :sweat:
YESH!
I'm more worried for my sister. Ever since I've started trading, my downloading rate has decreased to nearly non-existent (tho I'm currently DLing Muri na Renai). My sister is the DLer of the family. :sweat: